FG confirms Abimbola Alale as NIGCOMSAT CEO

Adewale Yusuf

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Published:

January 26, 2015

Subject(s): Governance & Policy

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Mrs. Abimbola Alale as Chief Executive Officer for Nigerian Communications Satellite following the sack of Former CEO, Engineer Ahmed Timasaniyu. According to the tweet by Efem Nkanga retweeted by Federal Ministry Of Communication Technology’s official page (@ngrcommtech).

The Federal Government has confirmed Abimbola Alale as the MD/CEO of Nigerian Communications Satellite NIGCOMSAT @NigComSat1R @ngrcommtech

— Efem Nkanga (@efemnkanga) January 23, 2015

Abimbola Alale was Director Marketing at NIGCOMSAT until her appointment as CEO of the same organization.

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